Please plan to come by the ALA Membership Pavilion, to learn more about ways that membership can enhance your career, connect you with colleagues from around the world, and improve library services to your community.

ALA Ambassadors will staff the Welcome Desk in the Pavilion. If you have questions, they have answers about programs, places, and connecting with other people. Members of the New Members Round Table will be on hand throughout to help you find ways to get more involved in supporting libraries and the profession through membership.

Pavilion Sessions

The Membership Pavilion also includes offerings from each division, round table and office of the association and will feature a series of Pavilion Sessions in our mini-auditorium. Come and learn in 15-minute segments throughout the conference about what the wider association is up to. Scheduled sessions are as follows:

Saturday July 11

10:00 am - ALA-APA Mini 101 - an overview of the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association's certification programs and advocacy for better salaries.

10:30 am - ALSC's Born to Read - The joy of sharing books is a gift you can give children from the time they are born, and ALSC can help you to share that with your patrons. Come learn about all of the new things ALSC is doing with our Born to Read initiative!

1:30 pm - ALA accreditation: How you can help ensure quality in LIS education - The process for accrediting master's programs in library and information studies is rigorous and comprehensive. Learn how you can be a part of it. The Office for Accreditation is seeking librarians and information professionals with a minimum of seven years experience to serve as external review panelists. This is a great opportunity for professional development and service to the profession.

3:00 pm - Live! with LIRT - Wondering what LIRT is? Want to know what you can do in LIRT and what LIRT can do for you? Then join us for a fun interview-style look at how LIRT works and all that we have to offer!

3:30 pm - AASL: Learning4Life - Think

4:00 pm - ALA-APA: Library Support Staff Certification Program

Sunday July 12

9:30 am - VRT 101 - The Video Round Table provides leadership within the American Library Association on all issues related to video collections, programs, and services in libraries. This brief presentation will cover the various professional development opportunities that VRT offers at ALA conferences and will outline the numerous projects that VRT and its committees are now engaged in. We will also give a few pointers about how to get involved this small but mighty group.

10:00 am - ERT Presents Exhibits 101

10:30 am - Job-seeking in U.S. public libraries – co-presented with ALA Office for Research & Statistics and ALA Editions

1:30 pm - ALCTS: Save Your Memories: Preservation Week 2010 - Ever wonder how to store your old baseball cards? Or maybe that photo of great uncle Victor, or your quilt collection? Everyone who saves things that have sentimental value has the same questions. Preservation Week aims to connect collectors with preservation resources at their local libraries. Libraries care for their vast and varied collections every day and are perfect places for learning about preservation. The inaugural Preservation Week will be held March 7-13, 2010 and is sponsored by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS).

2:00 pm - Broadband Stimulus Program (1 hour)

3:00 pm - Mini ALSC 101 - If you're new to the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) or if this is your first conference as a children's librarian, we'll provide you with information about the perks of ALSC membership and how to get involved at this abbreviated version of our ALSC 101 program taking place on Friday.

3:30 pm - AASL: Learning4Life - Create

4:00 pm - VRT 101 - The Video Round Table provides leadership within the American Library Association on all issues related to video collections, programs, and services in libraries. This brief presentation will cover the various professional development opportunities that VRT offers at ALA conferences and will outline the numerous projects that VRT and its committees are now engaged in. We will also give a few pointers about how to get involved this small but mighty group.

Monday July 13

9:30 pm - ERT Presents Exhibits 101

10:00 am - Broadband Stimulus Program (1 hour)

11:00 am - LLAMA Mini 101

11:30 am - CLENERT Mini 101

12:00 pm - ASCLA – membership 101

12:30 pm - ALCTS: RDA: Top 10 Things to Know - - If you immediately think of vitamins when you hear "RDA," you should stop by the Pavilion to take in a quick dose of information about the new cataloging rules: Resource Description and Access. If you work in a library or use one, chances are that these rules affect you. So take a break and get your RDA.

1:00 pm - ERT Presents Exhibits 101

1:30 pm - Public Programs: Introduction to ProgrammingLibrarian.org - Learn more about a new, free resource from the ALA Public Programs Office to assist librarians in bringing community programs to their libraries, including literature discussion series and author appearances. ProgrammingLibrarian.org includes a resource library, live learning opportunities and a blog to keep librarians informed of upcoming opportunities and provide inspiration for new library programs.